UO School of Journalism and Communication

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Our students benefit from a solid liberal arts education, an undergraduate program and majors designed to serve their interests and their goals, and a comprehensive journalism core that emphasizes the power of storytelling.
Our faculty comprises bestselling authors, award-winning journalists and communicators, and noted scholars who’ve joined forces to serve our students by creating programs that are relevant, thorough, and exciting.

If you had an opportunity to speak with the President of the United States, what would you say? In the months leading up to the November 2012 presidential election, a class of students at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon posed this simple question to members of their local community. Full story »

Karen Nunley was living on food stamps and fantasized about owning a restaurant. After hearing from multiple people, "this town doesn't need another restaurant, it needs a doughnut shop," Nunley used her food stamps to purchase her first ingredients, and within weeks she had several clients. Full story »

Shelby believes job creation is the most important policy priority for the winner of the upcoming election. She is highly critical of our country's social welfare system. She says many Americans live off of welfare checks without making an honest attempt to hold a steady job. She thinks that President Obama wants to help poor Americans get on their feet, but that the current system has only encouraged laziness and apathy among those without jobs. Shelby technically could receive cash assistance, but refuses because she knows she can make money for herself. Full story »

hey call him “Grumpy." With his innocent eyes and a calm and happy demeanor, you might wonder why this nickname stuck. A former Los Angeles gang member and son of illegal immigrants, Ernesto “Grumpy” Arias has been through it all. His mother came to the United States illegally, in search of a better life and a taste of the "American dream." Full story »

After battling colon cancer 6 years ago, Mike Lyons told his friends and family he would never undergo chemotherapy treatments again. Fifteen months ago, he was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic colon cancer in his lungs, liver and other organs, so he made the decision to spend 3 hours every other week receiving chemotherapy treatments in Roseburg, Oregon’s Community Cancer Center. Full story »

Larry Kaiel had no idea he had suffered from a silent heart attack. Symptoms of abdominal swelling and overall weakness brought Kaiel to the hospital three months later. When Kaiel went in for medical testing, the doctors did tests on everything but his heart. Kaiel's disease went continually misdiagnosed until doctors found his body was too weak to stand a stress test. Full story »

In late February, the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon partnered with the PDX Jazz Festival to offer eighteen undergraduate journalism students an opportunity to create multimedia profiles on regional jazz performers. The multimedia bootcamp challenged students to create digital stories within a 36 hour time frame. We'll feature one the five stories each day, plus... Full story »

In late February, the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon partnered with the PDX Jazz Festival to offer eighteen undergraduate journalism students an opportunity to create multimedia profiles on regional jazz performers. The multimedia bootcamp challenged students to create digital stories within a 36 hour time frame. We'll feature one the five stories each day, plus... Full story »

In late February, the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon partnered with the PDX Jazz Festival to offer eighteen undergraduate journalism students an opportunity to create multimedia profiles on regional jazz musicians. The multimedia bootcamp challenged students to create digital stories within a 36 hour time frame. We'll feature one the five stories each day, plus... Full story »

In late February, the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon partnered with the PDX Jazz Festival to offer eighteen undergraduate journalism students an opportunity to create multimedia profiles on regional jazz performers. The multimedia bootcamp challenged students to create digital stories within a 36 hour time frame. We'll feature one the five stories each day, plus... Full story »

In late February, the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon partnered with the PDX Jazz Festival to offer eighteen undergraduate journalism students an opportunity to create multimedia profiles on regional jazz musicians. The multimedia bootcamp challenged students to create digital stories within a 36 hour time frame. Their work has been featured here each day this... Full story »

After successfully suing the Archdiocese of Portland over the sexual abuse she suffered as a teen at the hands of a Reedsport, Oregon church reverend, Carolee Horning is finding peace in helping injured animals. Full story »

After producing stories profiling members of their community, students in Assistant Professor Ed Madison's Gateway To Media III class were asked to "turn the camera on themselves" as one of their final assignments. Pamela Cressall, a journalism major and photographer, chose to discuss what motivates her to document the world around her. Full story »

Nate McClain, co-owner of Eugene pet store Zany Zoo, is trying to start a new breed of wildlife protection--he's morphed a petting zoo, rehabilitation center, and a pet store into a single entity. Full story »

Robert B Fortney, a.k.a “Plastorm,” is a native of Florida who moved to Portland after accepting a position with a local film company, working directly with film directors to produce independent films. His career in art began after a series of failures in other artistic platforms, which lead him to find his true passion. Now “Plastorm” spends his free time in his backyard studio manifesting his original creations. Full story »

Nancy Thorn was introduced to gilding via a student of Daniel Thompson Jr., who taught at Yale in the 1930s and translated several important tomes on medieval painting techniques. She is currently the owner of Gold Leaf Restoration, where she works in restorations and creates original pieces. Full story »

Starting out as a photographer, Karl Kaiser transferred to painting and finally to creating encaustic pieces. The practice of creating encaustic art centers on fixing layers of painted wax with heat and then scraping and altering the surface with metal tools. Full story »